fike i came in late on the thread and was replying to adrians comment the way i look at it if it keeps the batt in the car it works
but if you batts keep falling out time to fix it or replace it.

someone said that they were running a 12L3 and was tired with give doug powell at prc a call he'll get you a conversion kit for the car that will make you fall in love again.

Re: New body
 

That body is sweet, I just had 2 of them ordered, I love how low it sits.

Bob,

It's all good! It's just a club race, although I wish maybe they didn't pack so many drivers of various skill levels into two mains, perhaps there should have been three??? Well, anyway I've decided to put down Touring Car racing and also I've stopped running the 1/12 Yokomo . The Yok car was fast and it got me a few TQ's and a couple of wins, but It couldnt handle some of the more 'physical demands' of racing at Larry's. So now I have a new ride (much more stiff) and I'm shooting for 51 laps LOL.

Adam,

Thanks for the body!!! I hope it works. Your car flys!!!!!!!!!(literarly)LOL :smile:


Rand- I used 40 weight oil not thirty in the Yokomo- sorry

I just read Adrian's post and it got me all nostalgic about my old setup, circa 1988:

RaceCo 1/12
KO EX9 Tx and Rx
Futaba MX9 esc
Futaba S-32
Lexan transponder mount for giant AMB unit
6 cell Sanyo 1200 SC, not matched
Peak Performance 17 quad

There were components hangin' off the sides everywhere;
Nobody even thought about running a reciever pack!

Anybody else remember thier old car?

Lets see, my old car...from 1990 or so...

RC12LW
TOJ body (then a Nissan and a Mazda GTP)
Novak T4 speedo (I think...it was something like that...it was an early high-frequency speedo)
locally matched 1700 SCE batteries, then the Panasonics (purple ones), then the 1700 SCR (black wrapped)
Trinity stock motors, and a 14X4 mod motor
Airtonics Caliber 3P Radio
No reciever pack (still don't run one...)
Stuck the transponder in the body (still do)

compare that with my current car:
RC12L3 with PRC rear dampener mounts and SpeedMerchant tubes
Protoform Bentley Speed8 body
Pro-Match GP3300's
Team Orion 12x2 Mod (whenever it gets here! Was running an Epic based Powerline 143 from 1997 prior), Paradox stock motor.
Futaba PCM 1024 "lunchbox style" radio

Circa 1990.......

TQ Eagle "B" car
Leading edge 1700 SCE's
Tekin BC100L Charger
Novak T-1X Speedo
Novak NER-2 Receiver
Futaba Magnum 2PD Radio
Speedworks "Joel Johnson" 34 degree stock motor
Bud's Dyno
BBR LoTec body

The good old days, gear up 'till you dump, then drop one tooth!!

Man, I still try to do that, but I haven't been able to dump the 3300's!! and man, I forgot about the BC100L and the Buds Dyno, I had them too!

Praise be to God I FINALLY GOT A 12TH SCALE!!!


I got an RC12L (which is pretty old school) and was wondering if parts from like the 12LC and the L3 could fit it. secondly, Whats a basic setup with a stock motor? (In this case a Monster Stock) Im plannin on getting an Ascari LMP body for it

Axle Spacing
 

Thanks Adam

I suspected as much but wanted to confirm. Do you know how wide the front end is on your car? I measured mine today without the spacers and it is approximately 6.35"

Also do you run the rear end at the 6.75" max?

Ted B--I was on a 51 lap pace in the second and third rounds until I was trying to lap Ray. Its funny how everytime I went to lap him my car went off the track. How strange.:flaming: Don't give up on the TC I just got another one.

Bobby Z--I think my front is around 1.5". Or a little narrower. If you use the threaded axels you can go wider but the car feels as if it dosen't want to turn as quickly.

Bobby Z--Sorry my front is 6.48" and my rear is 6.72".

Adam - thanks again. I will try a variety of widths and see what works the best.

Someone else suggested that the TRC tires are narrower than Jaco's in the rear. I know the TRC's are wider on the inside of the rim whereas the Jaco's end at the hub but I didn't think they were any different on the outside edge.

Something else to consider.

Both rims are the same width the TRC just uses a different offset. I prefer to run TM tires myself. If I can't I will chose Jaco over TRC anyday.

Adam

It's funny you say that because I was having a world of trouble with Jaco rims being out of true and the front rims becoming warped where the bearing presses in. I was also finding the rears to be out of true and chunking very easy. These were the newer white rim version and I never had any problem with the older grey rims. I got so fed up I switched to TRC and have loved them ever since. I hated having to change the colour scheme on my car to match the yellow rims but I think the TRC's run extremely true and stay together alot stronger.

Does anyone make white dish wheels with the same offset as Jaco?